This job has been closed, and is no longer taking applications.Title: Sr. Software Designer
Location: United States-California - San Francisco, United States-Utah - American Fork
Business Environment and Job Description
Snapfish is a one-of-a-kind company searching for one-of-a-kind talent. We think a career should be fun, challenging, and rewarding.
We help over 75 million Snapfish members in more than 20 countries share and store their most cherished photos and create photo gifts on an easy-to-use website. Our customers entrust over 7 billion of their photos to us, and we add more than a million new members worldwide each month.
Our innovation has made us a leader in the industry - that's why our office is a casual, yet intense and exciting place to work.
Snapfish is a division of HP, which means we've got the best of both worlds: the energy and vision of a start-up, with the stability and benefits of an established global company.
Put your unique talents to work at Snapfish!
Do you enjoy solving complex problems? Are you constantly challenging yourself to write elegant, clean, well-documented code? Are you looking for a place where creativity is championed?
We are looking for a Java server side (back-end) developer: someone with a passion for software development charged with designing, implementing and testing high-availability, multi-tier server systems in a Java.
We're seeking a developer who brings not only an understanding of the language, but also a solid theoretical foundation in data structures, computational algorithms and operating systems.
Qualifications
What You'll Do
• Develop server side (back-end) application code for consumer-facing photo web sites, serving 15 petabytes of storage
• Work on exciting projects that run the enterprise for our external customers, as well as internal development teams
• Work with team leads/architects to promote great software design, scalability and quality
• Perform unit testing and provide guidance/support during QA/system testing
• Continuously improve software performance and tuning
• Resolve defects during QA testing and in post-release patches
• Resolve defects on production systems
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) is required
• Experience designing, developing and testing multi-tier systems in Java
• Experience programming multi-threaded applications
• Knowledge of SQL, stored procedures (eg PL/SQL) and RDBMS database servers (Oracle preferred)
• Familiarity with object oriented programming, design patterns and data structures and algorithms
• Understanding of server-side Java environment (J2EE) and relational databases
• Knowledge of XML, XSD, Web services (SOAP)
• Strong knowledge of Unix / Linux
• Experience integrating with third-party software packages
• Experience with tuning applications, SQL and databases for best performance
• Good documentation skills // both in written and code format
• Knowledge of Perl and other scripting languages a plus
• HTML experience a plus
Skills / Characteristics:
• Energetic, inspired, dedicated, passionate about software development
• Ability to structure your time, prioritize and manage workload efficiently
• Ability and willingness to learn new material quickly and with little top down management
• A great team player; sociable, good sense of humor, with excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to translate business requirements into reality